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JACOB B. 4CCNCVER, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

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. milk-cans and ash-cans, and more specifically to milk-cans and to theprojecting support-I' ing parts thereof. Where the handles are pivoted,such projecting supporting parts are. the ears of the handles. It isparticularly desirable in the manufacture of such cans that as many aspossible of the several opera-` tions shall be performed by machineryandV that the hand-work required shall be as little as possible. Thesupporting parts or handle-1 ears of the cans have heretofore been madeof separate pieces attached by rivets and by soldering to the outersurfaces of the cans,

, and this attachment has been effected principally and almost entirelyby hand-work, and the supporting parts or handle-ears have required themost careful soldering by hand,l

vinvolving considerable time, labor, andl expense. Moreover, thesupporting parts or handle-ears by reason of the fact that they areprojecting parts have been peculiarly subject to strains and concussionsin the rough usage to which cans are frequently subjected.

One of the objects of my invention is to greatly reduce the amountofhand labor required in the formation of the supporting .parts orhandle-ears and also to reduce the l number of parts and to secure amore rigidf.

attachment of the supporting parts or handle-ears by the utilization ofthe material of an outer part at a reinforced portion of the can in theformation of the supporting parts or handle-ears.

My invention also has for its object the formation of such supportingparts or handle-ears from such outer parts by simple cutting and bendingoperations, whereby the.

material of the outer parts is partly cut out to provide material forthe supporting parts or handle-ears, and such partly-cut-out integralportions of the outer parts are bent and shaped to form the supportingparts or handle-ears; and my invention has for its objects economy inmanufacture and sim- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1904:. Serial No. 196,040.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

i plicity of construction, strength, and durability.

I will now describe the constructions illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and embodying my invention and will thereafter point out myinvention in claims. I Figure 1 is a face view of a handle, handleear,and adjacent portions of a milk-can. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thesame. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a modified construction, andFigs. 5 and 6 are similar views of another modified construction. Figs.7 and 8 are vertical sections of other modified constructions. Fig. 9 isa faceview of a handle, handle-ear, and adjacent ortions of an ash-can.Fig. 1() is a vertica section of the same. Figs. 11 and 12 areperspective views of different modified constructions.

In Figs. l to 8, inclusive, portions of a milk-can are vshown comprisingthe upper part of the cylinder or body a, the lower part of the breastb, including the breast-iange b', overlapping the body and making thebody part of the can at such overlapping portion of double thickness andthe reinforcinghoop c at such overlapping portion adding anotherthickness of metal at such overlapping portion. In the constructionshown in Figs. 1 and 2 the partly-cut-out portion, which is cut from thehoop to form a supporting part or handle-ear, 1s cut in the shape of arectangular tongue d, extending from a point somewhat above the mediallongitudinal line of the hoop to the lower edge thereof. Two verticalcuts e, extending from the bottomof the hoop up to the line of the rootof the tongue, produce this tongue, and the vtongue thus produced isbent outward and j downward around the bar f of the pivoted handlef andthen inward toward the can and ,then downward against the adjacent outerpart of the can, which in this construction is the outer face of thebreast-flange b', and is suitably secured to the can, as by the tworivets g, penetrating the lower end of the tongue d, the breast-flangeb', and the body a. The

hoop is also additionally secured to the body part of the can by tworivets h above the tongue. In the construction shown in Figs.

3 and 4 the partly-cut-out portion of the hoop is a tongue d with arounded contour at its lower edge, and the tongue does, not extend tothe bottom of the hoop. The tongue d is bent outward and upward aroundthe handle-bar f and inward toward the can and IOO IOS

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then upward against the adjacent outer part of the can, which in thisconstruction is the 'outer face of the hoop c, and is suitably Securedto the can, as by the rivet 7L, penetrating the upper end of the tongued, the hoop c, the breast-flange b', and the body a. In theconstructions shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 the partly-cut-out portionof the hoop comprises two tongues j and 7c, the tongue j eX- tendingfrom a point somewhat above the medial longitudinal line of the hoop tothe top of the hoop and the tongue k extending from a point somewhatbelow the medial longitudinal line of the hoop to the bottom of thehoop. These tongues are bent outward and each partly around thehandle-bar f, and in the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the ends ofthe tongues overlap and may be united by solder. In the constructionshown in Fig. 7 the ends of the tongues are abutted and welded, and inthe construction shown in Fig. S the ends of the tongues are bentoutward to form flanges united by a rivet m.

In Figs. 9 to 14, inclusive, portions of an ash-can are shown comprisingthe body o and an outer reinforcing-hoop p in Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive,and an inner reinforcing-plate g in Figs. 13 and 14. A pivoted handle fis shown in Fi s. 9 and 10, and the ear of this pivoted hand e is formedby a tongue s, cut out from the hoop p in the same manner as in theconstruction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and bent; outward and downwardaround the bar f of the handle and inward, as in such construction, butbent upward in Contact with the body o of the can and so that the end isconcealed by the outer part of the ear. This'upwardly-extending end ofthe tongue may be readily secured to the body 0 by solder, and above thetongue the rivets t t form an additional securing device for the hoop.Inv the construction shown in Fig. 1 1 the supporting part is completelyformed by the cut-out portion of the hoop, a U-shaped tongue w beingformed by two vertical cuts extending downward from points somewhatbelow the top of the hoop p and extending down to the bottom of thehoop, and by parallel cuts y, extending from below the top of the hoopand terminating above the bottom of the hoop and oined by a horizontalcut y. This tongue is merely bent straight out to form the handle orsupporting part. In the construction shown in Fig. 12 there are twovertical tongues u u, cut from the hoop p and bent out and at theirouter ends bent around theends of a bar r, which bridges across the twotongues and completes the handle.

It is obvious that various other modifications maybe made in theconstructions shown and above particularlydescribed within the spiritand scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A can having a body part and a hoop,

the hoop being partly cut away to provide a partly-cut-out portion for aprojecting supporting part and such supporting part being formed of thepartly-cut-out portion of the` cut away to provide a tongue for an earfor such handle and such handle-e ar being formed of the tongue of thehoop and extending over the bar of the handle.

4. A can having a body part and a hoop and a pivoted handle, the hoopbeing partly cut away to provide a partly-cut-out ortion for an ear forsuch handle and such andleear being formed of the partly-cut-out portionof the hoop and projecting outward and around the bar of the handle andthen inward and into contact with the outer surface of thecan andsecured at such place of contact.

5. A milk-can having a body, a breastflange overlapping the body and ahoop over the overlapping breast-flange, the hoop being partly cut awayto provide a partly-cutout portion for a supporting part, and thesupporting part being formed of such partlycut-out portion of the hoop.

6. A milk-can having a body, a breastflange overlapping the body and ahoop over the overlapping breast-ange, the hoop being partly cut away toprovide a partly-cutout portion'for a handle-ear and such handleearbeing formed of the partly-cut-out portion of the outer part.

7. A milk-can having a body, a breastilange overlapping the body, a hoopover the voverlapping breast-flange, and a pivoted handle, the hoopbeing partly cut-away to provide a partly-cut-out portion for an ear forsuch handle and such handle-ear being formed of the partly-cut-outportion of the lpop and extending over the bar of the han- 8. A milk-canhaving a body, a breastilange overlapping the body, a hoop over theoverlapping breast-flange, and a pivoted handle, the hoop being partlycut away to form a tongue and the ear for the handle being formed ofsuch tongue and projecting outward and around the bar of the handle andinward and into contact with the outer surface of the can and secured atsuch place of contact, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature n presence of twowitnesses.

JACOB B. CONOVER. Witnesses:

HENRY D. WILLIAMS, HERBERT H. GIBBs.

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